With only one day until the big publication day (Exciting!) and having already made nine stops on the blog tour we have learnt a lot about various characters from the book. Now it’s time to learn a little about Giovanna’s thoughts and experiences that have lead up to her debut novel.

This is a book that gave me a real insight into what life was like in 1950’s London and America, having been born in 1989 and only just scraping by the title of being an 80’s kid I actually wasn’t aware of what a GI bride really was. GI stands for either Government Issue or General Issue and GI bride refers to the latter, it’s British brides of American servicemen during the war.

World Book Night is a celebration of reading and books which sees tens of thousands of passionate volunteers gift specially chosen and printed books in their communities to share their love of reading. World Book Night is celebrated on April 23. In 2013 it is being celebrated in the UK, Ireland and the USA.

The Billy and Me Book Blog Tour line-up has been released! Make sure you visit each blog on their specified day of the tour for special surprises related to the book and the author. Each blog will have their review of the book posted, as well as special content from Giovanna Fletcher herself.

I know that this may come as a shock, prior to reading this book I hadn’t read any Jane Green before, I have heard a lot about her and how she is loved as writer of women’s fiction so this was my chance to find out why.
I was expecting this book to be rather happy and upbeat the title has a nice ring to it and the book is heavily themed around relationships and gossip.

I was reluctant to read this one, I don’t know why but it didn’t seem like something I would usually read. A book found in the fiction section of which I would usually associate with women older than myself, I’ve never read a Lesley Pearse novel before and didn’t know what to expect. Safe to say I have spent the last couple of days engrossed in it and didn’t want it to end. I’m sure my train to work went faster than usual while I was reading this one!